Harold Ford’s Next MoveThe notorious “Call Me” ad mayor may nothave cost former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. C’92 election as the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction. But despite his narrow loss in Tennessee last fall, he emerged from the race as “a rock star, basically.” | By Jordana Horn

The Secret of Our SuccessWomen can achieve a fulfilling blend of motherhood and careerjust maybe not perfection. And that’s OK, says journalist and mother Leslie Bennetts CW’70, in an excerpt from her new book, The Feminine Mistake. Plus:An interview with the author

Across the BorderlineBuilding on the international connections of “the most networked man in the world,” the new Center for Global Communication Studies is exploring the vast and tangled web of global media.
| By Samuel Hughes and Katie Haegele

ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The ArtsPhotographyAn archaeologist’s art. Exploring IranBooks Poems political and personal by Gregory Djanikian C’71. So I Will Till the GroundBooks The posthumously prolific Philip RieffArts
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